Basic Rights

January 02, 2008

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Four days before the it was supposed to go into effect, Federal Judge (and Bush appointee) Michael Mosman blocked Oregon's domestic partnership law for gays and lesbians. He said that petitioners who fell 96 signatures short (out of a required 55,000) of successfully qualifying their ballot measure (which would negate the domestic partnerships law if approved by voters) should have an opportunity to contest the roughly 7,000 signatures which were disqualified by the Oregon Elections Division.